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PORTLAND & WORCESTER LINE.
Portland & Rochester II. II.
aRnANGEMEET or TntlNS.

On and after Monday, Oelober "a, fss7,
Passenger Trains win Leave y 'rfiands
Fer Worcester, Clinton Aver Snnetle.s
Nashua, Windhnm and Eppsns ~ JsS~
"a. "a. and 100 p
For Manchester, Concord, and points NORTH
az 100 y. ma.
bore, and saco fsiver at 7.3O q. sn.s LOO
and linked at $50 y. nm.
Fer 6s0rham at $50 a. M, LOO, S.OOs
$40, al d (mixed) at $50 p. ma.
For aaecnrnppa, Gum bertrand wits, Weks
Qsrook junction and Weedford's at 7.Ss
and 1000 a. M, 100, soc, O-So ard
tmixed) -6.a D q.
Fer Forrest A 'enne CDeeriax) 1000 n. na..
800 and 6.2O y. an.
The 100 y. m. train from Portland connects a.
Aver Luncf. with HsSsnc Tunnel koute Iof
the West, and at Union Depot, w ofeester, lcf
New Work via Norwich Line, and all rnsi
via springfield, also with ". Y. x ~. X. x.
(aSteamer Maryland R0ute') for Phiiadel phle,
nnlfimore, Wash Ina { ton, and tho scum, ana
with Rosaon a Albany ~. ~. for the West.
Close connection made at WesabFook ln1e.
sEon with through trains OF Maine entral X X. ana
al Grand Trunk Transfer, Portland. with through
trains Of Grand Trunk Railway.
Through Tickets to all points West ana soukn
NAV be had Of s. II. HELEN, Ticket Agent, Fort
and 4 Rochester Depot at foot Of Preble Street.
-Does not stop at W0Odford,s.
oct22dtf j. W. rhIEh5 cuph
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Gloucester Fish Market.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING, Dec 30.


Mackercl in light stock. We quote bloaters at
s27aS2S, is, at $l9, Is at Sl5ls, and IS sl314@
Last sales of Halibut 10 and &c y ib for white
and gray, cargo lots.
Prime Georges Goldfish selling at So q qtI for
large and S3Ss for small; trawl Bank S4 for large
and $685. for small; hand line Western Bank at
S4ss and S3s4 Shores S41s large Dry Bank at
$41sta S4M medium S3s4
Cusk quoted at ID qtl; pollock 81; slack salt
ed do So; paddock $2hs, and hake S2A.
Boneless and prepared fish at 31a@Sc v ID for
hake, paddock and cusk, and 6G8s4c " ib for
Goldfish as to style and quality. Smoked halibut
6G9c v ID; smoked salmon 15c; do haddock Sc.
Medium herring at lac p box tucks lie; length
wise 12c; No Is at 12c; Bloaters at 55c; smoked
mackerel lie v ID. Canned do fresh at 81 NJ per
doZ; canned trout 81 IA fresh halbut Ia ;lfresh
salmon at 1.75; clans / rs; Holsters as.
stLabrador Herring s5@s5A v Dbl medium split
S319aS3A ;medium gibbed at 1855 1884: Shore
S314d 1914 EastDort SI% picked Goldfish 81;
haddock s4 ;halibut heads 31A tongues So sounds
S11 "a tongues and sounds CO.; alewiyes 3 20;
trout S141a; California salmon SIS; Halifax do
SI7 Clam bait 81 to S71s sliyers So.
Refined medicine oil at 60c v gal; crude do at
4oc; Dlackfsh oil SOC; cod do &c; porgie at zoe.
Liyers at 25c y bucket.
Fish scrap SO y ton; liver do S.
Fish skins S25; fish waste SO; halibut guano at
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In school not a thousand miles from Augusta
an urchin, in answer to the teachers question,
aWhat are the parts of GRAMMAR" said
"Syntax, etymology and er-er doxology"
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Portland paIly Press stock List.

Corrected by SWAN & BARRETT, Bankers AM
Brokers, 1876 Middle street.
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CONGRESS ST. STATION.
eight minutes later where through tickets and
baggage checks may be obtained TOR principal
points East and West. 1.-THE night express Wild
sleeping car attached runs every night sundays
Included, through 70 Bangor but not 20 Skowne..
ran on Monday mornings or TO Belfast and
Dexter or beyond Bangor on Sunday mornings
trains are due In Portland as follows: The morn.
ing train from Wateryille, Augusta and Batn
S45 a. M; Lewiston, $50 a. M; day trains
from Bangor at 12.40, 12.45 pm.
The afternoon trains from Bangor, Wateryiile,
Bath Augusta and Rockland AZ $40 p. m. ,
Lewiston, 5.50p. m. Night Pullman at l. 90
q. m.
Emitted Tickets, Hr~s and second class, foE
ali points In ths Provinces sale af re-
duced rates.
PAYSON TUCKER General Manager.
FE BOOTHBY. Genl Pass. and Ticket Agt.
Portland. Oct.20. 1887. octzldb
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saw no M of the Year TIL 1t be past.

The winter brings you chapped HpsI sore HOSE
cold cracks, etc., but a box Of Hop Ointment
endorsed by leading society ladies) win prove a
friend in need Never fails. At all druggists, 25
cents, or mail stamps to Hop Co., New London,
Conn. Sample free.
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Memoranda.

Sch John Case, of Jonesport, from New York
for Plymouth. with coal, lost an anchor and chain
off chatham 18th. She arrived at Plymouth dur
ing the night and went ashore IN the hafbor She
is In no danger, unless the ice thickens.
Sch Chas Il Balch. Manson, from Norfolk for
Portsmouth. put iato Gloucester Dec 20 with loss
of anchor and chain of Chatham.
New London Dec Bosch Lewis King, which
went ashore near this port some days ago, has
been foAted and towed into port.
Stonington, Dec 29-Sch Rosa & Adra. of Ma
chias Capt Berry, from New York for Boston, ar
rived here to-day with loss of foresail and main
gaff broken.
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CUMBERLAND NATIONAL BANK.

TIME Annual Meeting of the Stockholders OF
the Cumberland National Bank OF Portland,
will be held at th cir Banking Room, on TUES
DAY the tenth of January, 1888, at 10 o'clock a.
m for the choice of Directors and the transac-
lion of any other business that may legally come
before them WILLIAM ii. S0ULE, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. 10, 1887. declOdtd
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FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
SWHARBOR. Dec 28-Ar, sch Franklin Pierce
Holmes, Portland.
TENANTS HARB0R, Dec 28--Ar. sch Bril-
ant MOOper Portland
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He-Handsome woman, that Mai. Bold's wife
but why will she wear such loud gowns?
She-Out Of consideration TO the major, fancy.
He is shockingly deaf, don't you know.
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Chicago Cattle Market

CHICAGO, Dec. 80, 1887-Cattle marKet-re-
ceipts IL 900; shipments 1000; weak and lower
choice at O0a5 40; inferior to good 00G4 20
stockers and feeders at 25G3 +0i cows, bulls
and mixed 35G2 80; Texas steers 50g3 %.
Hogs, receipts14, 600 shipments 5000 weaker
mixed at 1bG6 60; heavy 40G6 81; light al
OOa5 20; skips at 25a4 rs.
sheep-receipts 5000; shipments 1000; slow
and low; natives at 3 0OG5 10; Western at SOC
90; Texans at 50a3 rs. Lambs at 4 50@5 SO.
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Notice to MARINERS.

OFFICE OF LIGHT House INsPEcToR,)
First District,
Portland, Me- Dec. 80, 1887. J
Notice is hereby given that the Bell Buoy mark
ing Ash Island Point, Muscle Ridge Channel, Pc
nobscot Bay, has gone adrift 1t viii be replaced
as early as possible.
BY order of the l.. II. Board,
o. A. BATCHELLER,
Commander, u. 5. N,
Inspector st L. III. Dist.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
PORTLAND WHOLESALE EARKET.
PORTLAND. Dec. 80. 1875

The market for Flour is very firm with milers
asking 10 to 15c adyance business continues
quiet Grain is strong and tending upward, the
western markets closed higher to-day. sugar Is
firm and 1sc better at 7ssc for graduated ana
egsc for Extra g. Provisions unchanged with
steady tone to the market Raisins iirmer. SEEDS
Red Top Use higher.
The following are to-dsy's closing quotations oi
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The AMERICAN INVESTMENT co.
8 Per Cent First Mortgages in Kansas.

During the next 90 days we shall give our Gus
toners 8 per cent. on any money they may send
us for investments we have for sale. We have on
hand First Mortgages and applications for money
upon filst mortgage loans, mostly upon l60 acre
farms, amounts ranging from $3.50 TO 5000 we
have also mortgages in amounts 81, 900 TO SzO,OOO
al per cent. which we offer How much money
can YOU furnish us for these loans? They are
security. The stringency In the money market
enables us 70 cut down amounts applied Tor IN
each case to an amount that Is safe beyond
doubt Now is the time to get nice line Of small
Snide' Remit with advice to, JOHN ID. KNOX
& CO. Investment Bankers and Loan Agents,
Topeka, Kan. Boston ONCE; Room "a, No. 80
Brom1ed Street. dec6eod&wlm
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ECZEMA
And Every Species of itching
and Burning Diseases
Cured by Cuticura.


ECZEMA, or Salt Rheum. with its agonizing
Il itching and burning, instantly relieved by
warm bath with CUTICURA SOAP, and single APP
plicaton of CUTICURA, the great Skin Cure. rms
CURA REsoLvENT, the New Blood Purifier, TO
keep the blood COOL the perspiration pure and UNI
irritating, the bowels open, the liver and kidneys
worn, Psoriasis, Lichen, Pruritus. Scald Head,
Dandruff, and every species of Itching, Scaly and
Pimply Humors OF the Scalp and Skin, when the
best physicians and all known remedies fall
ECZEMA.
gratefully acknowledge cure of Eczema, or
Salt Rheum, on head, neck, face, arms and legs
for seventeen years; not able to walk except On
hands and knees for one year; not able TO help
myself for eight years; tried hundreds of RENEE
dies doctors pronounced my case hopeless per-
manently cured by the CuTIcURA REMEDIES.
WILL MCDONALD,
2542 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
ECZEMA.
Some five months ago had the pleasure to in
form you of my improvement in the use OF the
CUTIcURA REMEDIES in my case OF severe Chronic
Eczema Erythematosa, and to-day cheerfully con-
firm all then said. / consider my cure perfect
aud complete, and attribute IL entirely to your
remedies, having used no others
1906 Penna Avenue, st. Louis Mo.
ECZEwA.
have suffered from Salt Rheum for over eight
years, at times so bad that could not attend to
my business for weeks at a time. Three boxes OF
CUTICURA and four bottles REsoLvENT have en-
tirely cured me Of this dreadful disease.
JOHN THIEL, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Sold everywhere. Price: CUTIoURA, soc; SOAP,
25c; REsoIyENT, 81. Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co, Boston, Mass.
nsS-Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases" "a
pages, 30 Illustrations, and 100 testimonials.
DIMPLEs. black-heads, chapped and oily skin
I'M prevented by CUTICURA INDICATED SOAP.
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MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.

V1HE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders Of
IL the Merchants National Bank OF Portland,
for the choice Of Directors for the ensuing year,
and transaction of any other business which may
legally be presented, will be held at the Bank ON
TUESDAY Jan. 10, 1888. at 10 O'Clock a. m.
CHAS. PAYSON, Cashier.
nac IN 1897 dec1Odtd
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ocean Insurance. Company.

TIME stockholders of the Ocean Insurance Com
pany are hereby notified to meet at the Com
pany's Office on Wednesday, the fourth day OF
January, 1888, at O'Clock p. M, for the follow
ing purposes:
ist 10 choose seven directors for the ensuing
year.
Cd To vote upon the expediency of closing the
concerns of the Corporation and dividing the cap-
tai among the stockholders, or OF making any 9TH
err change that the stockholders may see mt.
3d. To transact any other business that may le-
gally come before them.
BY order of the President and Directors.
decI4 CHAS. +. FLAGG, Sec'y
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> f.EI-N.E NEWS.
or PORTLAND
FRIDAY, Dec. 80.

FRIDAY, Dec 80.
Arrived.
Steamer Cumberland, Thompson, st John, NIB.
via Eastport for Boston.
41ef5 Alcnity, llhAauciphld, Win Wal
to ID Warren. Has experienced severe weather,
broke mainboom, lost jb. foretopmast staysail.
anchor and chain. See general news columns.
Vessel to Sargent, Lord & Skillin-
Sch Nathan Lawrence, Babbet, Norfolk, with
loss of jibboom and part of head gear, having ex-
perenced several storms on the passage. Cargo
coal to p & Ry Co.
RETURNED = Sch Rondo, from st John, NIB,
for New York, with loss of jibstay and jib split
Also sch Auro.a Borealis, from st John, NIB,
for Boston, with loss of mainsail.
Cleared.
Sch r Weeks, Henley, Glen Coye-E Ham
len & Co.
SATIFD-Scb Grace Davis
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WTANTED-MAN-To take the agency of
w our safes; sizes 28x18x1S inches; weight
300 lbs; retail price S35; other sizes In proper
ton rare chance TO create permanent bus
mess at home. These safes meet a demand new
er before supplied by other safe companies, as we
are not governed by the Safe Pool Alpine SAFE
Co., Cincinnati, .. nOyz3W&S3m
A GENTS WANTED-For canyassing In an
"A established business. Address giving age
and previous occupation, BOX 1898, Portland,
Maine. 2o-l
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Discount OH Taxes
I'm DEERINc.

NOTICE is hereby given that the time allowed
wear uuder discount Of per cent, will expire
SATURDAY, December 3lst, and O per cent
charged after January 1st III. Il. WEBB,
dec1 3stan1 Collector OF Deeflhg.
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WIT AND WISDOM.


In school not thousand miles from Augusta
an urchn, in answer to the teachers question,
''What are the parts OF GRAMMAR" said;
"Syntax, etymology and er-er doxology"
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup is pronounced by thou
sands superior TO all other articles for the cure OF
coughs, colds, and all pulmonary complaints.
In no instance has Salvation Oil failed In CIV
ing immediate relief from rheumatism or neural
gia.
Mr.. Smth-Thank Heaven! the long agony is
overt This asking for money every asy OF Two
looks--this running down town every day-thls
restraint IN my presence has come to an end at
last Christmas and Santa Claus are mere, anu
am the proud recipient Ola penWiper!
Those unhappy persons who suffer
from nervousness and dyspepsia should use Car
ter's Little Nerve PHI, which are made expressly
for sleepless, nervous, dyspeptic sufferers. Price
20 cents.
A SURE test Of greatness is TO be used as a stan
dard and when the country doctor or cheap gro
Ger tells the consumer that this or that Favoring
Extracts better than Burnett's, we consider ii
victory for Burnett's.
Countryman-what kind of fish have you got
mister?"
Waiter-Dar's whitehall sah
Countryman-White bait? l don't want no
bait of any color. Dye expect teller 10 keteh
his own fish?
Women with pale, coIorIess faces,
who feel weak and discouraged, viii receive both
mental and bodily yigor by using Carriers Iron
Pills, which are used for the blood, nerves and
complexion.
Old man calling down stairs to daughter)-
Claral
Daughter-Yes, papa.
Old man-Ask shat young man in the parlor
which he prefers for breakfast, milk rolls or
Vienna bread.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF PORTLAND.

gTHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders Of the
il First National Bank of Portland will be held
at their Banking Rooms on TUESDAY, the tenth
day of January Dext, at 1910 O'Clock a. H., for
the purpose Of electing seven Directors for the
ensuing year. and for the transacting OF any other
business that may legally come before them.
J. 4. WENGREN, Cashier.
Portland Dec. 8, 1887. decI0dtd
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Wife ION board small yacht, lacking against
head wind)-Ah, how delightfully."- exciting this Isl
Every time the boat lacks feel thrill OF superb
pleasure all through my veinsl
Husband (gloomily)-Yes, my dear; very nice.
You are not paying Tor this boat by the hour,
think.
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PORTLAND. Dec. 80. 1887.
Received by Maine Central Railroad-for Port
and Al cars miscellaneous mercnanolsei Ior CON
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EAGLE SUGAR REFINERY.

fEyHE Stockholders of the Eagle Sugar Refinery
IL are hereby notified that their annual meeting
for choice OF Directors, and action upon any other
business that may come before them, will be held
at the Refinery ONCE, Fore ST., Portland, n Inc,
on TUESDAY, January 10, 1888. at 3 O'Clock p.
m. JOo. L. 1hOmfoON, Oiciih;;
dec20 dtu
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the usual treatment Vi ca'aiih 10 'ois
unsatisfactory, as thousands of despairing pa
tients can testify. On this point trustworthy
medical writer says: "Proper local treatment is
positively necessary to success. but many, if not
most of the remedies in general use by physicians
afford but temporary benefit A cure certainly
cannot be expected from snuffs. powders, douches
and washes" Ely's Cream Balm is a remedy
which combines the important requisites Of
quick action, specific curative power with perfect
safety and pleasantness to the patient.
The Portland daily press., 1887-12-31

Nov IA, lat IA 2S Ion 81 .37, ship Magellan
Manson, from Boston for Valparais.
Nov 10. lat 8 s, Ion "a w, ship Conqueror, Lo-
throp, from New York for Calcutta.
Nov %, lat 10, Ion 20, barque Addie Morrill,
Andrews. from New York for Buenos Ayres
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Reeve YORK Raining 3toc.s.

10y IttBiEpli-I
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 1887. The following are
closing quotations for mining stocks to-day:
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Smith (at 3 a. M, trying to read his own door
plate)-Lemme see-S-m-i-t-h-why / wonder
what Smith that is (hic)?
Voice from aboye-Is that you, sir, home at
last?
Smith-(hicl know what Smith that is now
(hic)-it's this Smith (hic)!
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National Traders Bank.

n,HE shareholders of the National Traders
IL Bank, of Portland, are hereby notified that
their annual meeting will be held at their banking
room on TUESDAY, the tenth day of January
next, at IL O'Clock a. m, to choose hye Directors
for the ensuing year and to act on any other BUS
mess that NAV legally come before them.
dec9dtd EDWARD GOULD, Cashier.
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sailroad Receipts.

-" s 0Oa5 so Eastern elIiss :. 25G26
and Pa Gan ~ western. 1agao
ahx.3 OOG3 OlLlmed. -......... zOgzl
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CanaI National Bank.

TIME Annual Meeting of the stockholders OF the
Il Canal National Bank, OF Portland, for the
election of seven directors, and for the transac-
ton of any other business that may legally come
before them will be held at their banking house
on TUESDAY, the tenth day OF January, 1883, at
dec9td GEO. c. PETERS, Cashier.
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DIMPLES. black-heads, chapped and oily skin
TIM nreYelited by CIrTICuRA INDICATED SOAP
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Ayers Hair Vigor,
Sold by Druggists and Perfumers.

Pimples and Blotches,
So disfguring to the face, forehead, and
neck, may be entirely removed by the
use of Ayers Sarsaparilla, the best and
safest Alternative and Blood-Purifier ever
discovered.
Or. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by Druggists; 81; six bottles for 50.
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st Potaroes 4 Ooa5 90

Choice ealing 3 ooa3 so
Common l I0.dz w
Fancy Baldns2 50@2 70
izyap0rated &Bib12cl3c
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BRIDGTON SAVINGS BANK.

TuyHE annual meeting of the Bridgton Savings
IL Bank will be held at the office Of the Bank,
on WEDNESDAY,, Jan. A. 1857; at 3 o'clock p.
m. MELLEN fLU MMEh, treasurer.
Brldgton, Me, Dec. %, 1887. dec28dtd
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RumfOrd Falls & Buekfield Railroad.
Winter Arrangement-an Effeet Nev.S 20

Leave Portland via @. I. Railway, s.4b a. m
lewiston so: Mechanic Falls mixed tfains ~
"a arriving at W. Mln0t I1.f6sk. Hebron ~ 80;
Rnekfeld 1900; H. sumner 12.20; Hartford
70 40; Canton LOO p. m. . n 90
Mechanic Falls 3.15; arriving At w. Min0t o.5Oi
Z. Hebron $40; Buckheld $50; Il. sumner 4.Ooi
Hartford Az Canton 437i 6hDertvhlc 500 y
RETURNING-Leav Canton $50. S,15 a. nj
arriving at Portland $50 a. m. lz-lo p m
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
DAILY-From w. Minot $50 p. m. for Heoroa
Academy: Buckheld $50 p. m. for W. sumner
and Turner; Canton AFT p. m. arriving AZ reru l
53O; Dixheld 500; Mexico T.UO p. m also lol
Rreffun's Mills. IivermOre. Returning, ledfs
Mexico 600, Dfxheld 100 a. m arriving a. Fort
land 1906 p. m. I. L. LlNCOLNsSngpat.;,
n q pm AFFORD. q. n. A. Octodu
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Domestic Markets.

lby telegraph
NEW York; Dec. 30. 18S7.-Flour market
recelpIs 29,S56 packages exports 1924 bbls and
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Wade, Hoboken for do; j II Wainwright FIN Port
johnson for Salem.
HYANNIS- In port 2Sth, schs j b Knowles
Hickerson, New York for Portland; VIM Mason,
Hamm. do for do; Frank Herbert Herrick, DO
for Boston.
BOSTON-Ar 29th, sch Tiyano. Geyer, Bristol:
Mary Cashier, Thurber, Philadelphia.
Cid 2oth, barque fremont, Brophy, Aspinwall;
sch VIM Cobb Chase, Baltimore.
Sid goth. schs Matte f Eaton. l. + Warren, nj Z
Hart Jos w Fish, Seventy-Six, G Pillsbury, u
w Collins, Fannie Hodgkins.
Ar 3oth, sch Augustus Hunt, Hall, Philadelphia
ga SON barque Mo6nDesm psh1ar Nfork
Sid Both, sch w b Herrick.
SALEM-Ar 28th, sch i Hart. Dodge, Port
johnson.
In port 2Sth schs Webster Bernard. Bangor for
New Bedford; Fred Jackson, New York for Port
land; Alfred Keen, I'm R0ckland for New York
Jordan l. Mott. do for do.
PORTSMOUTH Sailed Goth, schs E Louise
Fox, Salem for Calais; j A Cheney, Cushman
from Boston for Rockland; Gen Hall Simmons,
Boston for Rockland; Ella Frances, Foster, Salem
for do; Jas Nichols. Brewer, Damarscotta for Bos
ton: Yreka Falkingham, JOnesport.
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Between two travellers:
ssBeautiful country Egypt, but what heat One
day near the Pyramids boiled some eggs IN the
sun"
'Oh. my friend that is nothing after Zanzibar
We boiled our eggs there by the light OF the
mOOn.n
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N OTTO

PORTLAND, Dec IS, 1887.
VyHE annual meeting of the Stockholders of the
III Diamond Island Association will De held az
the CITY Building, Portland, on WEDNESDAY,
Jan. 4, 1887, att 80 p. M, for the purpose OF
electing officers of said Association for the ensu-
ing year, and transacting such other business as
may legally come before the meeting.
p. j. LARRABEE,
dec1 sd aw3wTh secretary.
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AHousehold Remedy. mo family should
be without some remedy for the cure OF affections
so universally prevalent as coughs. colds. sore
throat, whooping-cough and croup-some remedy,
too, which can be relied on as SAFE sure and GER
tain. DIR. wIsTAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY
is the article required.
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BON DIS.
Grain Quotations.

Received daily, by private wire, by Ii. Pink
ham, broker. Exchange street. Portland. Me:
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
THURSDAYS quotations.
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Until your hair becomes dry, thin, ami
gray before giving the attention needed
to preserve its beauty and vitality.
Keep on your toilet-table a bottle OF
Ayers Hair Vigor-the only dressing
you require for the hair-and use little,
daily, to preserve the natural color and
prevent badness.
Thomas Munday, Sharon Grove, Ky,
writes: Several months ago my hair
commenced falling out, and in few
weeks my head was almost bald.
tried many remedies, but they did no
good. finally bought bottle of Ayers
Hair vigor, and, after using only part
of the contents, my head was covered
with a heavy growth of hair. 1 recon-
mend your preparation as the best hair
restorer in the world"
"My hair was faded and dry" writes
Mabel c. Hardy, Of Delavan, H.; "but
after using bottle of Ayers Hair Vigor
it became black and glossy"
AX,o~,e Zo;r\EirCr
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FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.

FROM MERUHANTS EXCHANGE.
Sid fun Liverpool Dec goth. steamer Sarnia for
Halifax.
Passed Anjier Nov 10, ship McNear, Larrabee,
Hong Kong for New York.
Ar at Melbourne Dec oath, ship r. r Thomas,
Nichols, New York.
Ar at Pernambuco about Dec 20. barque Mary
K Russell, Nichols, Buenos Ayres, to load for
United States.
Ar at st Marc Dec 18th, brig Sullivan, Wright,
Port SPAIN
Cid at Demarara Dee IA, sch Lizzie Lane, Her
rick CienfuegOS,
The Portland daily press., 1887-12-31
Police Notice.

VrHE regular monthly of the Police Examining
Il board will be held at the Common Council
Room, In the City Building, on TUESDAY EVEN
ING, Jan. 3. 1888, at 30.
FRANK w. ROBINSON, Chairman;
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